My friend had her daughters christening at the weekend, i and a few other helped get the room ready for the reception hall she hired, we did a lot of the food too, her mum made a few cakes, butties etc but we did the rest and helped serve it all. The dj was free and she had a face painter who only charged £40 for the day, she spent hardly any money 9apart from the £200 for her own outfit).
She knows im struggling at the moment after just buying a house same as a few other friends, i wasn't planning on buying the little girl a present, but kind of got dragged into it when she asked me what i was going to buy her daughter, i said nothing and that i was already helping with the cost of the food, i could tell she was a bit taken aback but stood my ground anyway.
another friend asked on facebook what she should get as she couldnt think of anything, she said well if you cant think of anything just give her the money.
Fast forward last night when she text me to say they had "made" nearly £500, i said wow well done you should put it in an account for her when shes older, she didnt text me back but has just announced that her and her partner are now off to creamfields tickets which cost around £100 each.
I dont have any kids so dont know if this is the normal thing to do with your childs money but i find it sooo cheeky that she asked for money then uses it herself. im so glad i didnt give her any money as id be feeling a lot more peed off right now. what do you think